‘Trump Plaza Hotel’ collapsed in 20 seconds as if the end of the’Trump Era’

The last building named after former President Donald Trump in Atlantic City, a resort city on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New Jersey, was detonated on the 17th. It has been 7 years since the business was closed due to business difficulties, and less than a month after former President Donald Trump retired.

The 34-story hotel is a business that former President Trump has often cited when showing off his business acumen, but it took only 20 seconds to collapse.

Former President Trump built a total of four casino hotels in Atlantic City, including the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino in the past. Among them,’Trump Marina Hotel Casino’ was closed 10 years ago and changed to’Golden Nugget Atlantic City’, and’Trump Taj Mahal’, which has invested a huge amount of money, also closed in 2016 and is now’Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’. Done.

Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, which opened in 1984, filed for bankruptcy in 2009, when it was difficult to manage, and in 2014, after a loss continued even after billionaire Carl Icahn took over, it ended in business in 2014. And as the building was demolished that day, the name’Trump’ completely disappeared from Atlantic City.

Early this morning, people began to gather around the building to watch the demolition scene. They even cheered as “The end of the Trump era” as they watched the building collapse by the power of 3,000 dynamite.

Thanks to the negative image accumulated by former President Trump, such as dissatisfaction with the results of the presidential election and the impeachment crisis on suspicion of invading the Parliament House, the scene of the building was used for’commodification’. In a nearby hotel overlooking the building, a special sale was held, such as providing a bottle of champagne for free to people staying to watch the demolition and delaying their departure, and one parking lot received $10 from those who wanted to watch the demolition scene.

The Trump Plaza Hotel, which is huge enough to reach eight stories high from demolition and demolition, has a total of 614 rooms, 7 restaurants, and a 60,000 square foot (approximately 5,574 m2) casino. It was the largest hotel in the world, a successful casino, and the most popular tourist destination. Many Hollywood stars, including Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Madonna, and other famous sportsmen often visited it, and large boxing matches and concerts were held. It also appeared in the movie “Ocean’s Eleven (2001),” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, and showed off his fame.

The place where the honor of the past has disappeared without a trace with the name’Trump’ will be used as a parking lot until the start of a new construction project.

Summary = Park Joo-young [email protected]

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